Legend of Korra: 1, 2, 3

[dkwrkm]

I lied. This wasn't the post I wanted to make after THE HUNGER GAMES, this is. But then the first post just got super long and I had to cut out my thoughts on the first two episodes. So here they are:

EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL. I was watching some the old episodes and the quality difference is stark. They've stepped up for Korra.

Comments

[dkwrkm]

That certainly made me think. While I can imagine non-benders being welcomed into and doing well on the police force, the gangs, the City Council, and even the Firebending Royal Family, there's the fact that WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THEM. So it's perfectly possible that they are being excluded, explicitly or implicitly is irrelevant. (Sh*t, how did I miss that...)

The "born with a college degree" analogy actually made me think of something else: the appearance of xenophobia in stressful economic situations (think Jewish people in Nazi Germany, "they took 'er jobs!" Latinos & China in the US, etc.) so there could also be a scapegoating element involved. Er, that is if the Equalists' issues were rooted in economics (and not just socio-political) though we haven't really seen that yet.

Ugh, I need Hiroshi Sato stat! Isn't he a non-bender surely doing well for himself with his cars?

I definitely need to know more about the political structure of the United Republics, especially if there's no "democratically-elected" involved. It all brings to mind how industrialization also saw the first demands for equal rights for women, black people, and other minorities. Why, for that matter, aren't pleas to the Council a more viable route of protest than underground schools for chi blockers? (No acts of terrorism yet, depending on where you think "taking away a person's bending" falls).

[tifa]

Yeah, there's a lot we haven't seen so people are just speculating with what they have atm and it's interesting to see...THAT'S WHY WE WANT MOOAAAAAAR!!!! I wonder how much they'll cover in these 12 episodes. Sadly, it's not a whole lot, even with the 14...I wonder if they'll cover it all in 26 episodes. I hope so <333 AND MAYBE THEY'LL BE A THIRD SEASON AND ON :D